Northwest Viking - 1929 April 19

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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 39 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, April 19, 1929
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TAKE IT, OR
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& YE DIARY
By G. W. L.
Books for Profit and Pleasure
This week ten outstanding books
were chosen by the chairman of the
Social Scince department, Mr. Pe-lagius
Williams. In contributing
for this column Mr. Williams con­densed
his selections from a large
number of inspirational writings in
the category of American Biogra­phy.
W. S. N. S.
The following are not found on
the shelves, but are available only
upon inquiry at the main desk
upstairs in the library:
(1) Life and Letters of Walter H.
Page, cc 1922—Hendrick, Burton.
(2) Uncommon Americans, cc. 1925
—Don C. Seitz
(3) Twenty Years at Hull House,
cc 1912 —Jane Addams
(4) The Americanization of Edward
Bok, cc. 1921, (an autobiography)
—Edward Bok
(5) Theodore Roosevelt and His
Time, cc. 1920, (by his own let­ters)
—Joseph Bucklin Bishop
(6) The Days of a Man, cc 1922, by
David Starr Jordan. Memories Of
a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor
Prophet of Democracy, (two vol.)
<7) The Education of Henry Adams,
cc. 1918, (an autobiography)
—Henry Adams
(8) The Life of John Marshall, cc.
1916, 1919 (four vol).
—Albert J. Beveridge
(9) Jefferson Davis, cc. 1907
—William E. Dodd
(10) The Intimate Papers of Col­onel
House, cc. 1926, (two vol.)
—Charles Seymour
W. S. N. S.
AND NEXT WEEK ANOTHER
DEPARTMENT WILL BE INTER­VIEWED
. CONCERNING OUT­STANDING
WRITINGS.
W. S. N. S.-
A SUGGESTION
Miniature Leagues of Nations
have been organized in the student
groups interested in international
relations all the way from Mount
Holyoke Collge in Massachusetts to
the University of Hawaii... Working
sessions of these model "Leagues"
have proved to be a great help to
the teaching of international pro­cedure
by the results of greater sat­isfaction
on the part of the student
when he finds himself in the posi­tion
of a delegate in a multi-nat­ional
assembly of lawmakers
This should be a stimulus to those
interested in this sort of thing in
the Normal. We have the students
here who are interested; all we need
is the spark of organization.
W. S. N. S.
"The ability to sell oneself social-lly
and in business is the one out­standing
benfit that a student can
derive from participation in extra­curricular
activities. The necessity
to mix well with other students in
activities in order to accomplish
anything in campus affairs is ex­cellent
discipline. If I train myself
to be an efficient committeeman in
a class or student body committee,
I train myself to be efficent in ser­vice
work when I become a citizen
of my city, state and nation."
—U. of W. Daily.
W. S. N. S.
Fish Well Received
in Picture-Talk on
Jungle Experiences
"Experiences Near a Jungle Lab­oratory"
was the topic of the il­lustrated
lecture delivered in as­sembly
Friday, April 12, by Profes­sor
Harold D. Fish, of the Univer­sity
of Michigan.
The jungle laboratory is located
at Kartabo, British Guiana. In
giving his audience an idea of the
surrounding country Professor Fish
mentioned the fact that a com­pletely
unexplored region exists ap­proximately
2000 miles from New
York City. He also emphasized the
fact that the Amazon region was
the pioneer country of the future
and that our descendants would
emigrate to South America as our
forefathers emigrated to North
America.
Humorous Vein
A humorous vein followed the
serious subject matter of the lec­ture
in which he showed apprecia­tion
for student life in his brief
narrative of his own college career.
The pictures accompanying the
lecture were unusually interesting.
Some of them were made at
great expense, owing to the fact
that the development of the color
films must be done in water at a
temperature below that possible in
this tropical climate, and in order
to do this ice had to be imported to
the laboratory from the coast.
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DR. MILNER OF
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Dance of Dreams
Planned for the
Outside Informal
Stirring Address Stresses Peace
and Friendly Relationships for
the Nations of the Pacific.
AUDIENCE ENTHUSIASTIC
Dr. Milnder Was a Speaker at the
Vancouver International Meeting
Held Prior to His Lecture Here.
PLEASES DELEGATES
Concert by High School Students
from Three States Is Unique as
Only Three Practices Were Held.
Again the cause, of student gov­ernment
loses out:
Campus leaders at Lafayette
College (Indiana) are now to be
trained by the faculty.—News
YE PROF.'S DIARY
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heer aye storie uv "Wildcatt Kepr
pier" hoo dared look yntoo thus
fayse uv aye monark uv thu feelyne
tryb. Az thu tru-tu-lyf storie gowz,
Keppler getz unkontrolablee as-keered—
hee nerly faynted, butt
waitt untyl yew reed itt, beginnyng
next weke.
"Theyrzbobkzinstonz & Sermon-zinrunnyngbrookz"
— sayd.. fmister
Shakespeer wunce. /
Representatives of the Inland
Empire Education Assocation which
met in Spokane last week were en­tertained
with a delightful concert,
presented by an orchestra made up
of high school students from Ore­gon,
Washington and Idaho under
the able direction of Glen H. Wood,
superintendent of Music in the
schools of Oakland, California. Due
to his contract with the Los Ange­les
Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl
Krueger, director of the Seattle
Symphony was unable to assume his
duties as conductor of this splendid
orchestra, which met for the first
time on Tuesday of last week and
was presented in concert Thursday,
April 11, a t the Armory in Spokane,
after three days of practice togeth­er.
Four students from Bellingham
high schools were members of this
orchestra They were Alys Braun
and Arlene Neher violinists, Gene­va
Erholm, flutist, and Clinton
Cramer trumpeter.
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Instructors Attend
Seattle Convention
Dean James Bever, Mr. Arthur
Kolstad, and Miss Olive Gunderson
left last Tuesday to attend the
seventeenth annual session of the
American Association of College
Registrars held in Seattle. Presi­dent
C. H. Fisher is attending the
meetings on Thursday and Friday.
These last two days are devoted to
the reorganization of the first two
years of college work. The speak­ers
include some of the most noted
specialists on junior colleges in the
United States. The meetings are
being held at the Olympic Hotel
and the University of Washington.
The special sessions include a
boat trip on Lake Washington and
several luncheons and banquets.
The meeting will close today with
the election of officers.
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Ford Attends Dealers- <
Meet in San Francisco
"The Pacific and World Peace,"
was the keynote of the address de­livered
by Dr. Frank Milner, of
New Zealand, in a special assembly
last Tuesday.
Dr Frank Milner took a promi­nent
part in the proceedings of the
educational meeting at Vancouver,
B. C.
Dr. Milner, in opening his ad­dress,
stated that he brought "a
message of fraternal greeting to
fellow countries bordering on the
Pacific." Dr. Milner was born and
educated in New Zealand, one of
the five dominions of Great Brit­ain
which was acquired by England
in 1840, and now has a homogeneous
population of English speaking
people.
Dr. Milner spoke concerning the
bugaboo of a war on the Pacific.
He stated that the situations of
"yellow peril", immigration, popu­lation
pressure and military pre­parations
for territorial aggrandize­ment
were the results of "journalis­tic
imagination" and were not based
on fact.
Dr. Milner said that he was
greatly inspired by his contacts
with Dr. David Starr Jordan, one
of the foremost educational work­ers
in this country. Under his in­spiration
and the ideals advanced
while in attendance at a conven­tion
at Hawaii he has successfully
developed the junior high school
system in New Zealand
Would Abolish War
Dr. Milner spoke on the awful-ness
of war, its wanton waste of
human life and destruction of prop­erty.
He stated, "The modern
weapons of war are a gross perver­sion
of applied science." The next
war is rendered an impossibility by
the advance of science. In sum­ming
up his address he said that
we must direct the education of the
youth of today in such a manner
that the thought of entering into
war will be foreign to their nature.
Dr. Milner was greatly applauded
by an enthusiastic audience. He
had an immense vocabulary at his
command which easily displayed
his broad knowledge of internat­ional
affairs. His commanding per­sonality
and ready wit immediately
won the attention of all.
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ALL-GIRLS' DANCE
Petitions for the Women's League
spring informal were posted on the
main bulletin board Wednesday
and the first one hundred and ten
girls signing will be permitted to
attend. The list will be taken
down today at four o'clock and all
girls planning to go should sign up
before that time.
Catherine Morse, social chairman
of the Women's League, has plans
well under way for the "Dance of
Dreams' which is the theme of the
quarterly informal to be given May
3. "The decorations will be like a
beautiful dream, billowy—depictive
of growing things," said Miss Morse.
Committees Appointed
Chairmen of the various commit­tees
for the dance are: Katherine
Friese, invitations and faculty pro­grams;
Katherine Korthauer, re­freshments;
Ouida Davidson, dec­orations;
Katherine Rood, pro­grams.
President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher,
Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Hoppe, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Ruckmick, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Marquis, Miss Kathleen Skalley,
Miss Adele M. Jones, Miss Hilda Ro
sene, and Mr. Arthur Kolstad are
the patrons and patronesses of the
dance.
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BAUGHMAN CHANGES
PLAN OF PHARMACY
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TO BE HELD
Two Individuals Will be Picked to
Compete in Assembly April 26,
with Winners of Former Contests.
NAME ENGRAVED ON CUP
Edith Dyer, Stanley and Raymond
Craft and Arthur Cram Are to
Meet the Winner of This Quarter.
Modern Equipmenth as been Added
and the Interior Is Completely
Rearranged and Redecorated.
Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish
High Schools Will Compete in
Normal Auditorium Tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.
m. the Bellingham State Normal
school will be host to representa­tives
of ten high schools from
Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish
counties at the annual Northwest
Washington High School Music
Contest.
The contest is divided into two
classes, Class A for larger schools,
and Class B for the smaller institu­tions
A silver cup is awarded the
sweepstake winners of both divis­ions
Everett and Stanwood were
the 1928 winners of the class A and
class B sweepstakes prizes, respec­tively.
Smaller cups are also award­ed
the winners of first and second
places in the events, which are
bands, orchestras, girls' and boys'
glee clubs in both classes, girls, and
boys' quartets, and mixed quartets.
The judges, chosen by Harold B.
Smith, of the Music department,
Sam Ford, manager of the Stu- are Miss Letha McClure, Mr. David
dents' Co-op, is expected to be back
at his post next Monday, having
spent the last two weeks in Cali­fornia.
Mr. Ford attended the
Dealers' convention of College
Bookstores for the Pacific Coast in
San Francisco, April 11, 12 and 13,
and the National Bookstore con­vention
of Retail Dealers, at Los
Angeles on April 15, 16, and 17.
Schet'z Craig, and Mr. Paul Luster-man.
In order to defray expenses,
an admission fee of twenty-five
cents will be charged
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The Bellingham Women's Music
Club is giving an opera entitled
"Tales of Hoffman", at Whatcom
high school Friday, night at 8 o'­clock.
No admission is charged.
When you ease back into the new
style lunch counter chairs at
Baughman's you are getting the
best sample of solid comfort af­forded
by any fountain service
north of Seattle. The College
Pharmacy has recently been rear­ranged
and decorated, and now has
the very latest in fountains, pre­scription
facilities, and showcases.
This is the largest fountain lunch
counter in the city. It is equipped
with the latest in chair stools. The
stools are furnished with a grey
wicker back, and are mounted on a
magnesite step at the base of the
counter.
Drug Department
The space on the right as you
enter, which was formerly occupied
by the fountain and confectionery
counters now boasts a complete and
up-to-date prescription and drug
department. Drugs and toilet goods
are shown in new type English wall
cases finished in driftwood gray.
This addition makes it possible to
have prescriptions filled by a li­censed
pharmacist without delay.
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Coloratura Soprano
Coming Next Friday
Next Tuesday, April 23, in room
119, at seven o'clock, the prelim­inary
extempore contest will be
held to pick the two individuals
who will compete in assembly, Ap­ril
26,-for this year's finals.
Due to the large number of events
on the calendar this quarter, the
two who will compete,in the finals
will be picked directly from the
first tryouts instead of having a
secondary contest with six contes­tants.
Many are urged to participate, as
valuable experience is gained by
working in such contests. The
ability to get upon your feet and
speak without notes with but a
short time in which to prepare a
topic is worth while. One must be
able to think clearly, talk freely,
present his ideas logically and have
stage presence.
The rules of the contest are sim­ple.
Tuesday on the main bulle­tin
board a list of topics of current
interest will be posted at 8:30 a.
m. A competitor selects one of
these and gathers material. He
then presents this in an oral talk
of four or five minutes' duration
without the aid of notes.
The winners of former contests
held this year are: Edith Dyer,
Stanley Craft, Raymond Craft and
Arthur Cram. These four ..with the
two selected from" the preliminary
will compete in the finals to be
held in assembly. The winner of
this contest will have his name en­graved
on the silver loving cup. The
former winners of this contest are
June Wetherell, '27, and Margaret
Hill, '28.
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April 25 Is Date
Set for Tryouts
for Viking Vodvil
Dr. Waldo, Former
President, Praises
Library During Visit
Dr. D. B. Waldo, nationally
known educator, president of the
Western State Teachers College and
formerly president of Bellingham
State Normal in 1922 and 1923, was
a visitor here April 13, 14, and 15.
While on leave of absence from
Western State Teachers College in
Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he has
been president since 1904, one of
the most modern schools of its
type in the United States, Dr. Wal­do
came here in 1922.
During his regime here he made
various changes in this institution.
One of the reforms Dr. Waldo in­troduced
was dancing, hitherto on
the taboo list. Waldo field is a
memorial to his efforts in getting
an athletic field here.
"The school has improved very
much and your library is very beau­tiful
and artistic. It is one of the
three best in the United States, the
other two are in Kalamazoo, Mich­igan,
and Bowling Green,, Ohio,"
said Dr. Waldo.
Dr. Waldo will return to Western
State Teachers College where they
are planning the- celebration of
their twenty-fifth anniversary.
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APRIL 24 IS LAST
DAY FOR CONTEST
LITTLE SYMPHONY
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PROGRAM OF YEAR
First Season Proves Successful;
Plans Matte tor Five Concerts
During Coming Year's Program.
PIANO SOLO FEATURE
Concert Given in Afternoon for
Grade School Children of City;
Performances Well Attended.
Guy Springsteel, Chairman, Says
Excellent Songs Have Been Con­tributed
by Songsters.
T^Nan Dybdahl Wiik, coloratura
soprano, will present a varied pro­gram
of compositions by Italian,
Norwegian and English composers
in next Tuesday's assembly, Apr. 23.
Some of the highlights of the^pro-gram
will be the brilliant aria from
"William Tell", by Rossini and a
charming group of songs by Ed-vard
Grieg.
One noted musical critic says:
"Nan Dybdahl Wiik is very musical,
with, clear and pure intonation,
good rhythm and much feeling for
artistic expression." She will be ac­companied
at the piano by Miss
Ruth Wohlgamuth.
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IT'S HOT AS HADES
The conscientious co-ed perspir-ingly
approached the close of a
long test in Geog. 1. Question 49
demanded the first three words of
the text hTe seweet young thing
bit her pencil and cogitated on the
question for some time, then des­perately
wrote three words, "Hot as
Hell".
Startling as the phrase may
sound, it is over 66 per cent cor­rect.
The text, "North America",
by J. Russell Smith, opens with the
following sentence: "Hell is hot".
The date of tryouts for places on
the bill of the Viking Vodvil has
been definitely set, Randy Ober-latz
announced yesterday, and rep­resentatives
from the various clubs
and organizations of the school will
exhibit their wares before the com­mittee
in the auditorium next
Thursday evening, April 25. The
committee is comprised of Miss
Hilda Rosene, Mr. Arthur Kolstad,
Miss Grace Moore, Miss Helen Do-zier,
and Miss Hazel Plympton.
In commenting on the manner in
which the Vodvil is shaping itself,
Mr. Oberlatz declared, "The vodvil
is looking good. Almost all of the
clubs seem to be interested in the
competition for the trophy which
was won last year by the Freshman
class, and the year before by the
girls from Edens Hall. Although we
can't divulge the exact number of
clubs trying out yet, there is going
to be plenty of keen competition for
places in the show when the try­outs
are held before the judges next
Thursday evening.
"So far, there are several danc­ing
acts, musical numbers, and dra­matic
pieces reported in, and it ap­pears
that all of the patter-artists
and gag-men in the school are go­ing
to be in there making a play
for a position.
"If the tryouts pan out the stuff
that it looks as if they will, we are
going to have a real show to offer
the night before Campus day."
The name of the winning club,
which is decided the night of the
vodvil, is inscribed on the large
silver loving cup which is offered as
the trophy.
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Dr. and Mrs. Irving E. Miller are
motoring to Seattle Saturday and
will return Sunday night. They
will visit their son, Neil who is at­tending
the University of Washing­ton.
According to Guy Springsteel,
chairman of the School Song Con­test
committee, the judges for the
contest have been selected, as pre­viously
announced, and the contest
will close on Wednesday, April 24.
The contest began early in Janu­ary,
when by the action of the
Board of Control it was decided to
award a total of seventy dollars in
prizes for compositions that might
be used either as pep or loyalty
songs for the school.
Songs Contributed
"Since that time," Mr. Spring­steel
stated this week, "Several ex­cellent
songs have been contributed,
and as a few more are reported as
coming in this week, I believe that
the school will be rewarded with
some really beautiful pieces. The
school songs which have been used
in the past although of a fine type,
have been plagarized from some of
other institutions, and this contest
will insure to the Normal a group
of songs original both in,words and
music, which will help a great deal
in the crystalizing of school spirit."
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ALL-GIRLS DANCE
Plans for W. A. A. Dance, Friday,
April 26, are Well Under Way;
Evening of fun Promised.
A carnival! Fun! Whoopee! and
more fun. Plans for the best and
peppiest dance of the quarter are
well under- way for the all-school
girl's dance to be given by the
W. A. A., Friday evening, April 26.
Joyce Arnold, general chairman,
has her committees working hard.
Program,' Frieda Massey; orchestra,
Mary Beth Parkhurst; decoration,
Louisette Bergeron; advertising, Ar­lene
Johanson; tickets, Elaine
Williams; carnival, Rose Brooks.
If you want to know something
about your future, visit the fortune
tellers, or perhaps you would like
to join- in the real swimming match
or see the rare specimen—a green
bat.
Buy your tickets, for 'one cent
each for the side shows, and fif­teen
cents or two for twenty-five
cents general admission. Raid your
penny banks and bring your nickels
for pink popcorn, candy and "drinks
across the line."
Wear the most comfortable
clothes; those you can have the
most fun in. All girls out to join
in the merry-making and dancing.
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Frank B. Gallanger visited here
last Monday, he is now teaching at
Bremerton. Gallanger is a Tri-
Normal distance champion and two
year letterman. •
Bellingham's Little Symphony
orchestra gave their third and
final concert of the season in the
First Christian Church on Tuesday,
April 16. This is the first season
for the orchestra which is conduct­ed
by Mr. Harold B. Smith of the
Music department.
The orchestra, composed of / the
thirty-seven of the very best
musicians in the' Northwest pre­sented
a diversified program which
was well attended in both the af­ternoon
and evening. A concert was
given in the afternoon for the
school children of Bellingham and
the evening program was for stu­dents
and adults.
"Unfinished Symphony"
The opening number, Schubert's
"Unfinished Symphony" was an
attractive feature of the program.
In the second number, Mendles-sohn's
Overture "A Midsummer
Night's Dream" the tripping fairy
music of the violins and the full
orchestra were beautiful parts of
this lovely composition.
"Tales from the Vienna Woods",
one of the melodious Strauss waltz­es
which possess so much color,
was one of the most popular num­ber
of the concert.
The- second movement of "The
Suite Primeval," by the American
composer Skilton, depicted the
dance of Cherokee Indians. These
selections are proof of an< Ameri­can's
ability to create a truly de­scriptive
composition.
The final number, "Damnation of
Faust" showed the exquisite loveli­ness
of the music produced by an
orchestra composed of a number of
instruments.
Strange Is Soloist
Miss Edith R. Strange, pianist,
who was the soloist for the even-,
ing, played Chaminade's "Concert-stuck"
Opus 40. This selection
showed the beauty of piano solos
combined with orchestra music.
Miss Strange's interpretation of.
Chopin's Waltz in E flat added a
great deal to the program.
The first season of the orchestra
has been a very successful one from
the standpoint of the programs giv­en
and plans are well under way
for the next season Five concerts
have been suggested for next year.
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Election Procedure
Discussed by Board
Discussion of election rules and -
the procedure of elections was the
principal business of the last regu­lar
meeting of the Board of Con­trol,
Tuesday afternoon, although
no action was taken, pending a
special meeting to be held next
Monday.
Newly-elected President Lyle
Summers was in the chair, while
Ethel Boynton and Jean Philippi,
recently added members of the
Board contributed to the general
operation of the Students' Associa­tion
machinery.
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Art Instructors
Visit Vancouver
Attending the National Educa­tion
Conference in Vancouver, B.
C, Thursday were the Misses Carey
Druse, Hazel Plympton, and Hazel
Breakey. They visited the Art ex­hibit
which represented the differ­ent
parts of the British Empire.
Hand wrought silver, jewelry,
postrs of underground railways, and
wood block printing were shown
from London. Australia's exhibit •
consisted mostly of designs.
The people in and around Van­couver
displayed some pottery made >
with local clay.
The exhibit represented the
crafts work of individual people.
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